The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-12-01
THE CONOUERING SULLIVAN.
He Makes Himself Useful to Society by Knock
ing Out a Big Bsggar.

He Makes Himself Useful to Society by Knock
ing Out Big Bsggar.
London Special o New York sun.
John Lawrence Sullivan, who has conquered
this land as even the bestadvertised Briton new
conquered America, is back once moro in
London He arrived last night and began al
most at once by making himself useful to socl-
ETY.. Certain little streets off the leading thor
ouehfares are infested by men who beg relying
upon their size and general fertepess, rather
than upon any melting tale of misery, to draw
contributions These men make uncomfortable
the lives OF tiInid Londoners who have to be out
lato.
About l O'Clock this morning Sullivan with
his backer. Harry Phillips, was going home from
the Pelican Club TO his lodgings in Harley street
Two mon, very big, but evidently with little
Judgment, requested, in surly tones, the loan of
a pound Sullivan recognized the wild species
of foot pad and walked on. One OF the fellows
then began pulling at his arrn while the other
opened up wonderful current OF East-4nd pro-
family Sullivan retorted stvle that
left the East End ont of sight. and threw tho
end OF his lighted cigar in the face of the larger
of the men. Phillips meanwhile, who was.
may oe imagined, little disturbed advised the
threatening beggars kindly, saying: Take my
advice, and get out That man'll kill you"
The advice was as wasted and the larger man.
dreamed a fighter was near, offered in cho:cs
cockney TO fight the cha mpion Of the world for
. sduEulnafy tanner W9l en- meanS Twelve cents.
In about second he found out what Paddy
RYAN and other great men have learned about
Sulvan's right, and 10 the language Of the ring,
he was asleep in The quite The other spuri-
Gus beggar waited just long enough to hear
young sprig from the Pelican club exclaim,
well done. Sullivan" and then. with oath
that expressed asto rishment, he made a record
a runner. The policeman who had charge Of
that part of the town, was affabe. He reeog-
nized the great man, advised Sullivan to give
an assumed name and address, it might make
trouble if he should prove TO have killed the
cove; said he recognized the cove had 'un,"
and ''desperate 'un" and lugged him off to have
cold water turned him.
The story is sbsn industriously told at
the Pelican Club. ana has raised the great man
from Boston higher in the minds of the
of them are better able TO look at a fight than TO
take a part in it, and many probably have been
worried by gen tlemen similar to the one whom
sullivan, with blow. has probably driven
from the peiehborhood OF the club.
Sullivan Is still keeping his good resolutions.
lie ls absolutely sober all the time and in his
tEusiasm has even taken to dieting Jack Ashton
with no bottom crust is the only really great
British institution, but is not allowed 10 have
them because they make him short-winded.
Before to nights exhibition of three rounds
were over Sullivan showed that 10 that particu-
lar way be IS much worse than unlimited sweets
ing him about in most merciless manner, and
wind ng up by little fun. which struck the
EnelIshmeu as beautiful 1t consisted in Sulli-
vans allowing Ashton TO pummel him in the face
with all his might. Sullivan not moving an inch
or mindiug 1t a biz. After the exhibition the
usual crowd of lords plded in to the cham
pion, Northorook among them. They saw 5 ul-